Monorunner coasting-sleigh.



M. DIENBR & O. F. URBAN.

MONORUNNER COASTING SLEIGH. APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1913.

1,1 17,807, Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

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MONORUNNER COASTING-SLEIGH.

Application filed July 9, 1913.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, MAGDALENA DIENER and CHARLES F. URBAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Monorunner Coasting-Sleighs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved mono-runner coasting sleigh, the object of the invention being to provide an improved sleigh of this character which is cheap and simple in construction, is very strong and durable, which may be readily steered and on which the equilibrium may be readily maintained and which, moreover, when not used for coasting may be readil drawn along and thus avoiding the necesslty, heretofore existing of having to pick up and carry the sleigh when moving from place-to-place and not coasting thereon.

One object of our invention is to effect improvements in the construction of the runner and in the construction and arrangement of the seat thereon so as to prevent unpleasant jar or concussion from being imparted to the rider when landing after making leaps as when coasting down irregular surfaces.

Another object of the invention is to rovide improvements in the construction 0 the runner frame so as to greatly strengthen the same and also brace and support the seat.

Another object of the invention is to effect improvements in the construction of the foot rest and adapt the same for use in equilibrat-.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1?, 1914.

Serial No. 778,125.

Another object is to provide improved means for detachably securing the seat on the runner or runner frame and permitting the seat to be adjusted longitudinally as may be desired. 1

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mono-runner coasting sleigh constructed in accordance with our lmprovements and especially adapted for use by a man. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line aa of Fig. 1 and looking rearwardly. Fig. 3 is a horizontal detail sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line 6-?) of Fig. 1, and looking downwardly. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a modified form of foot rest especially adapted for. use on a tandem coasting sleigh which is adapted to be used by several persons. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse sectional view, showing the construction of the connections between one of the auxiliary runners and the foot rests. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view, showing another modified form of foot rest, especially adapted for use by children and on small sleighs of this character. Fig. 6 is a detail horizontal sectional View on the plane indicated by the line cc of Fig. 6. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of our improved mono-runner coaster or sleigh especially adapted for use by women. Fig. 8 is a detail plan of the foot rest thereof. Fig. 9 is a detail vertical sectional view on the plane indicated by the line (Z0l of Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a detail elevation. Fig. 11 is a detail perspective view of the clamping segments of the foot rest. Fig. 12 is a detail perspective view, showing another modified form of foot rest which is especially adapted for use on small sleighs. Fig. 13 is a detail inverted plan of the seat and of the upper bar of the runner on which the seat is secured. Fig. 14 is a detail vertical transverse sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line e-e of Fig. 13.

Referring especially to the form of our invention shown in Fig. 1, the runner l which is made preferably of light T-iron, is flat and straight for the major portion of its length, has its front end curved upwardly as at 2 and its rear end curved upwardly and substantially semi-circular in form as at 3. The upturned front and the rear ends of the runners are connected by an integral bar or rave i which forms the upper side of the runner and which inclines upwardly and forwardly from the rear end of the runner as at 5 and then inclines downwardly and forwardly to the upturned front end of the runner as at 6. The runner may be of any suitable length, to accommodate only one person or to form a tandem sleigh for use by two or more persons, as may be desired.

A brace bar 7 is provided which is preferably made of iron, is vertically arranged, has its lower end riveted or otherwise secured to the vertical web of the runner 1 as at 8 and has its upper end similarly secured as at 9 to the vertical web of the upper bar or upper side a of the runner. The intermediate portion of this bar is twisted as at 10 at right angles to its upper and lower ends and, hence, is arranged at right angles to the runner.

The seat 11 is substantially triangular in form with its broadened end foremost and is arranged in an inclined position on the forwardly and upwardly inclined portion 5 of the bar or upper side l of the runner and is provided at opposite sides, at its front corners with openings 12 to form hand holds which are grasped by the rider. This seat is longitudinally adjusted on the bar or .upper side 4: of the runner and is provided on its under side, at points near its front and rear ends with hinge plates 13, to which clamps 1e are pivotally connected as at 15, the clamps being formed with offset portions 16 which are provided with slots 17 adapted to receive the vertical web of the upper bar or side 4 of the runner, as indicated in Fig. 14.

At the free end of each clamp is a hook 18 which is pivotally connected thereto as at 19 and has a bill 20 adapted to engage a suitable keeper 21 with which the seat is provided each hook being also provided with a lever handle 22. v The keepers 21 are here shown as short bars secured to the under side of the seat by means of staples 23 and extending across recesses 24 made in the underside of the seat and for the reception of the bills of the hooks.

It will be understood that when the clamps are arranged across and engaged with the bars 4 of the runnerand their hooks are engaged with the keepers 2]., the seat will be firmly secured on the bar 4 constituting the upper side of the runner and that by first releasing the hooks the seat may be adjusted longitudinally to any desired point above the runner and then resecured in adjusted position.

We also provide a pair of seat braces 25 which have their lower ends secured on the front side of the brace 7 as by means of a bolt or rivet 26 and have their upper ends turned rearwardly to form arms 27 which bear under the seat and each of which is provided with a slot 28 to receive a thumb screw29 whereby to detachably and adjustably secure the upper ends of the said seat braces to the seat. These seat braces diverge upwardly as shown in Fig. 2 and being secured to the seat serve to very materially strengthen the fastening of the seat on the runner and render the seat perfectly rigid and, hence, enable the rider to the more completely retain control of the sleigh when coasting and greatly promote and facilitate the steering and equilibrating of the sleigh.

To enable the sleigh to be maintained in upright position and drawn from point to point and over the snow or ice when not in use for coasting, we provide an auxiliar runner 30 which is formed integrally wit and at the lower end of a standard 31, the said standard being pivotally connected at its upper end as at 32 to one of the seat braces 25. Hence, the auxiliary runner may be folded against the brace 7 out of the way when not desired for use or may be extended out from the said brace at any desired angle when for use in supporting the sleigh in an upright position. To secure the said auxiliary runner in adjusted position, we provide a curved link 33 which is pivotally connected to the standard 31 of the run.- ner as at 34: and has a slot 35. This link bears against the front side of the seat brace to which the auxiliary runner is pivotally connected and a thumb screw or clamping screw 36 is also provided which operates in the slot of the link and coacts with the said seat brace to secure the link and, hence secure or look the auxiliary runner in any desired position.

Near the front end of the runner is a vertical brace 38 which in Fig. 1 is shown as an iron bar having its upper and lower ends twisted at right angles thereto and secured by rods or other like devices 39 and the vertical webs of the runner proper and its upper bar or side 4. This brace serves to greatly strengthen the construction of the front end of the runner and also serves to.

support a foot rest 40 which is a bar pivotally connected at its center as at 41 to the said brace. The ends of the bar are turned downwardly and rearwardly to form equilibrating and steering runners 42 either of which may be depressed and caused to bear on the snow or iceat one side of the runner 1 to assist in equilibrating and steering the sleigh, as will be understood.

This foot rest is provided with a brace 43 which is substantially V-shaped, is arranged in a horizontal plane or substantially so, has its central portion passed through a vertical slot 44 in the front end of the runner and pivoted as at 4.5 and has its end portions bearing against and secured to the foot rest as at 46 and provided with upturned portions 47 which form foot holds that bear against the outer sides of the feet and prevent the riders feet from slipping from the foot rest bar. The pivotal mounting of the.

foot rest and its brace on the runner enables the foot rest to be swung or turned in a vertical plane so that either end thereof may be raised and the other end lowered by the rider when steering and equilibrating the sleigh and when desirable or necessary, in order to prevent overturning or to facilitate steering, either end of the foot rest may be depressed suiiiciently to cause one of its runners 42 to bear directly on the snow or ice surface and coact with the movements of the rider in directing the sleigh or maintaining the same in equilibrium, as will be understood.

In Figs. l and 5, we show a modified form of foot rest which is especially adapted for use on large sleighs of this character, adapted for use by several persons. The vertical brace bar 38 is provided with a bracket 48 on its front side, the lower end of the bracket being elevated or bolted to the brace as at 49 and the upper side of the bracket providing an upright arm 50 which is spaced from said brace. The foot rest bar 51 is arranged between the brace and the arm 50 of the bracket and this central portion is pivotally mounted on a bolt 52 which passes through said arm 50 and through said brace and the front-end of which is threaded and provided with a clamping nut 53.

The foot rest bar 51 is provided with recesses 54 near its ends in which the front rider, who steers and equilibrates the sleigh may place his feet and the said bar is also provided near its ends with vertical openings In connection with the foot rest bar 54, we provide a pair of steering and equilibrating runners 56 each of which is here shown as having an opening 57 at its front end for the reception of a cord whereby the sleigh may be drawn. Connector arms 58 are also provided each of which has a vertical slot 59 at its lower end for the reception of the upper portion of one of the runners 56, the runners being secured in said slots as by means of rods or bolts 60. These connecting arms 58 are formed with shoulders 61 which bear against the under side of the bar 51 and the said arms also project upwardly through the openings 55 and extend above the bar 51, pedals or foot pieces 62 being arranged on the upper end of the said connector arms 58 and provided on their lower sides with socket pieces 63 which receive the upper ends of the said connector arms, the said socketpieces' having set screws 6& for clamping said connector bars and, hence, securing said foot pieces or pedals in place. At their ends and sides, the said foot pieces or pedals are provided with upwardly extending spurs 65 to engage the soles of the shoes of the rider and prevent his feet from slipping from said foot pieces or pedals.

In Fig. 6 we show another modified form of foot rest which, we will now describe. The front vertical brace of this form of our invention is a tube with its central portion flattened as at 67 and its upper and lower ends, respectively, mounted in bearings 68-69 with which the upper bar or side 4 and the runner l are provided. These bearings are here shown as formed of plates suitably shaped and secured to the webs of the runner and its bar. The lower bearings 69 are rigidly secured at both ends as by means of rivets or bolts. The upper hearing plate 68 is rigidly secured only at one end by rivets or bolts 70, its front end being free and being engaged by a clamping screw 71 which is secured to and projects from the web of the bar 4, passes through an opening in the front end of the said bearing plate and is provided with a winged cla1nping nut 72. \Vhen this winged nut is loose the brace tube 66 will turn in its bearings and when the winged nut is tight to clamp the upper bearing plate 68 on the said brace tube, the latter will be locked against rotation, as will be understood.

The foot rest bar 73 extends across the lower portion of the flattened surface 67 of the brace tube and is pivoted thereto as at 7 4. The foot rest bar is provided at its center with an upwardly extending segment plate or disk 75 which bears against the flattencd portion 67 of the brace tube and has a curved slot 76. A clamping screw 77, projects from the brace tube, operates in the slots 76 and is provided with a clamping nut 78 and thus adapts the foot rest bar to be loosened so that it may turn in a vertical plane on its pivot 74 or be tightened and held in any desired adjusted position against such vertical angular movement.

Since the brace tube 67 on which the foot rest bar is pivotally mounted is itself mounted in bearings at its upper and lower ends and, hence, is adapted to turn in a horizontal plane the foot rest is mounted for universal angular movement as will be understood. The foot rest bar is provided with equilibrating and steering rudders 79 and also has foot holds 80.

In Fig. 7, we illustrate one of our monorunner coaster sleighs which is especially constructed for use by a woman and in which the runner 81 which is otherwise substantially like the runner of the sleigh shown in Fig. 1, is provided with an upturned and reversely curved front portion 82, an upturned substantially semi-circular rear portion 83 and an upwardly and forwardly extending inclined arm or bar 84: which forms a continuation of the upturned rear end 83. The seat 85 which is substantially of the same construction as the.seat hereinbefore described is secured to the bar or arm 84 for longitudinal adjustment and by clamping devices such as hereinbefore described and the runner is connected to the arm 8 1 by a rearwardly inclined brace 86. An auxiliary runner 87 is pivotally connected to the brace as at 88 and may be extended outwardly from the brace to bear on the snow or ice at one side of the main runner to support the sleigh when being drawn or may be turned up against seat and detachably connected thereto as at 89 when the sleigh is used for coasting.

- Near the front end of the runner is a standard 90, the lower end of which is forked to engage the vertical web of the runner and is provided with a clamping screw 91 to engage the web of the runner and secure the standard thereto. At the upper end of the standard is a spindle 92, a shoulder 93 being formed at the base of the spindle.

A. sleeve 94 is mounted on the spindle for H angular movement in a horizontal plane, bears on the shoulder 93 and is provided on its front and rear sides with horizontally arranged pivot studs 95-96. A segment late 97 is arranged on the rear side of the s eeve 94 has an opening through which the stud 96 extends and has a rearwardly extending base flange 98. The said segment also has a peripheral flange 11 which extends forwardly therefrom, over the top of the sleeve and the said flange 99 is provided with a slot 100 through which the upper portion 01 the spindle 92 extends.

The foot rest bar 101 bears at its central portion against the rear side of the plate or segment 97 and on the base flange 98 thereof and has a central opening through which the stud 96 extends, a nut 102 being screwed on the rear end of said stud and bearing against the said foot rest bar and, hence, locking the latter to the segment plate 97 for turning therewith in a vertical plane, such movement of the segment plate being permitted by the slot 100. A brace bar 103 bears against the front side of the sleeve and has a central opening through which the stud 95extends. A nut 10 1 is screwed on the said stud and bears against the said brace bar and the ends of the brace bar are secured as; at 105 to the ends of the bar 101. The said foot rest bar is provided with steering and equilibrating runners 106 and the the under side of the i iiaeoa ends of the brace bar are upturned as at 107 to form foot holds. It will be understood that the foot rest is pivotally mounted on the sleeve for angular movement and that the sleeve is mounted on the standard for horizontal angular movement and, hence, the foot restwhich is carried by the sleeve is mounted for universal angular movement. A clamping nut 108 is screwed on the upper end of the spindle 92 and by being caused to bear on the flange 99 of the segment plate 97 may be employed to lock the foot rest either in a horizontal position or in an inclined position and in the latter position one of the runners 106 of the foot rest will be caused to bear on the ground to support the sleigh in an upright position and thus enable the auxiliary runner 87 to be dispensed with, if desired.

In Fig. 12, we show another modification of our invention in which the upturned front end 109 of the maid runner 110 is reversely curved and terminates in a downwardly extending vertical arm 111. The foot rest 112 is pivotally connected as at 118 to the said arm and is provided with a segment plate 114-. which also bears against the front side of the said arm and has a curved slot115. A clamping screw 116 projects from the said arm, operates in the said slot, and is provided with a clamping nut 117 the said clamping screw and nut coacting with the segment plate to lock the foot rest either in a horizontal or an inclined position as may be desired. lhe foot rest is provided with equilibrating and steering runners 118 and also with foot holds 119.

Other modifications may also be made Without departing from the spirit of our invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

We claim 1. A coasting sleigh of the class described having a single runner, a seat on the rear portion of the runner, and. also having a transversely arranged foot rest mounted in the front portion of the runner for vertical and also for horizontal angular movement,

said foot rest extending from opposite sides of the runner.

2.,Acoasting sleigh of the class described having a single runner, a seat on the rear portion of the runner and also having a transversely arranged foot rest mounted in the front portion of the runner for vertical angular movement and extending from opposite sides ofthe runner, and being provided with equilibrating and steering runners at its ends.

3. A mono-runner vehicle of the class described having a seat and also having a transversely arranged foot rest mounted for vertical angular movement, extending from opposite sides of the runner and provided with equilibrating and steering runners at thereof and mounted therein for vertical its ends. angular movement.

4. A coasting sleigh of the class described In testimony whereof we affix our signahaving a single rmmer provided on its rear tures in presence of two witnesses.

5 end with a forwardly and upwardly in- M AGD AL'EN A DIENER 81d, Nanny 1 CHARLES FREDOLIN URBAN wardly lnchned seat mounted on said 111- clined upper side of the, runner and a trans- Witnesses: versely arranged foot rest at the front end ANTON OEDRERGER,

10 of the runner extending from opposite sides NICHOLAS Bmrz. 

